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12/12/2008

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"white man's burden"
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Having to carry civilization to the rest of the world.
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Spanish-american war
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1898 Spanish lose control of cuba and puti rico, US take control
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Emilio aguinaldo
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leads filipino rebels aganiist american army, ,known as filipino george washington.
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queen liliuokalni
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last monarch in Hawaii, over throw by farmer and business men
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Sepoy rebellion
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religious reasons, killed british officers
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berlin conference
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meeting of european countries to divide up africa
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king leopold II of belgium
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king of belguium congo, worst example of imperialism
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dr david livingston
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chrisitan missionary
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lord lugard
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open africa to european colonalism, stressed indirect ruling
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dual mandate
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bring christinaity and resources
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sarajevo
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ferdinand assasinated, caused WWI
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Self-determination
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people with the same ethnic orgins, language and political ideals had the right to form sovereign states.
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french plan xvii
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french offensive plan to attack germany
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schlieffen plan
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german plan to attack french through a mutual country, belgium
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gallipoli
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british attack penninsula in ottoman empire
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league of nations
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effor to avoid future destructive conflicts.
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treaty of best-litovsk
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allowed russia to leave the war
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treaty of versailles
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germany to accept sole responsibility for causing war, pay reparations to great britian and france
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erich maria remarque
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wrote all quiet on the western front
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kantorek
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school teacher
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himmeltoss
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abusive power
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the iron youth
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inspirational incentive to going to war.
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werner heisenberg
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developed the theory of uncertainty principal
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sigmund freud
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dream interpreter/psycho analysis
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black thursday
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oct 24 1929, stock market crashstock were over valued
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john steinbeck
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author of the rapes and wrath. "farmers have surplus in crops, they dump in river
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herbert hoover
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prsident during th great depression, believed in laissez faire
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franklin delano roosevelt
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put together the new deal
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vladimir lenin
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leader of bolsheviks, lead bolshevicks to sign the treaty of brest-litovsk
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new deal
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aggressive steps to reinflate the economy. recovery, relief and reform
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joseph stalin
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"man of steel" leader of USSR
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benito mussolini
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italian facism "il duce"
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mein kampf
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"my struggle written by adolf hitler
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nuremberg laws
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prohibited marriage between jews/nonjews
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kristal nacht
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"night of broken class" liquidation of jewish business
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John maynard keynes
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british economist. must get government invovled.
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